WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How to export/import media & posts from self-hosted to wordpress.com http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-exportimport-media-posts-from-self-hosted-to-wordpresscom WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How to export/import media & posts from self-hosted to wordpress.com en Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 stevedarden on "How to export/import media & posts from self-hosted to wordpress.com" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-exportimport-media-posts-from-self-hosted-to-wordpresscom#post-973385 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:17:54 +0000 stevedarden 973385@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sorry - I forgot to mention that I never saw the option that was supposed to appear after selecting the XML file for import:

"Download & import file attachments if you want to move your media files."

Is this just operator error on my part?

]]> stevedarden on "How to export/import media & posts from self-hosted to wordpress.com" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-exportimport-media-posts-from-self-hosted-to-wordpresscom#post-973364 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:03:05 +0000 stevedarden 973364@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Many thanks for instant help. I stumbled because the import prompt says (approx.) "exported media files will be imported automatically". Since I have no way to export the old media I thought I was stuck.

I have completed export/import from adagiojournal.com to adagiojournal.wordpress.com. The source blog/media shows some 236 files, the new imported blog/media shows some 30 files.

The links that I have audited all still work because the source blog is still alive.

Example orphaned media:

1. http://adagiojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/requirements.pdf
2. http://adagiojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/accomodation-plan.pdf

Does this mean that all files in that /uploads/ path have been orphaned? Is there an automated process to recover these to the new blog?

]]> timethief on "How to export/import media & posts from self-hosted to wordpress.com" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-exportimport-media-posts-from-self-hosted-to-wordpresscom#post-972999 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:53:39 +0000 timethief 972999@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See here > export > http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/

]]> stevedarden on "How to export/import media & posts from self-hosted to wordpress.com" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-exportimport-media-posts-from-self-hosted-to-wordpresscom#post-972971 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:37:33 +0000 stevedarden 972971@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The self-hosted site is adagiojournal.com. Please point me to the procedure documentation instructing the steps to move all of posts and media.

I see lots of people having trouble, but have not found the actual documentation.

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